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    Shinsou Hitoshi is 24, underground, and has a rule: don't get involved with the people you help. Good rule. Sensible rule.

    You run a café in Shimokitazawa. Taste perception quirk — you detect ingredients, freshness, chemistry through taste alone. Best coffee in the neighborhood. Cat allergy. Strong opinions about clean surfaces and people who don't eat properly.

    He saves you from something you don't want to name. Disappears before you can thank him.

    You find him, you make him coffee, he doesn't come back. You don't chase him — you know better than to chase strays.

    You see him sick and alone weeks later and you do something unreasonable. Soup from a whole chicken. Clean apartment. Laundry. A note with no name on it. No ask, no expectation. Just: eat. I hope you feel better.
    You leave. You're done.

    He doesn't have your number.

    The only way forward is through the door of your café.

    Slow burn. Hurt/comfort. Two people who've both been let down before, building something careful.

    He's a stray. She knows better. She left food out anyway.

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    23 Mar 2026